diff --git a/src/borg/archive.py b/src/borg/archive.py
index 514de1aff..cc828b7dc 100644
--- a/src/borg/archive.py
+++ b/src/borg/archive.py
@@ -993,9 +993,6 @@ Utilization of max. archive size: {csize_max:.0%}
                     # read-special mode, but we better play safe as this was wrong in the past:
                     path_hash = None
                     known, ids = False, None
-                first_run = not cache.files and 'd' not in cache.cache_mode
-                if first_run:
-                    logger.debug('Processing files ...')
                 chunks = None
                 if ids is not None:
                     # Make sure all ids are available
diff --git a/src/borg/archiver.py b/src/borg/archiver.py
index ca3c27be4..d5fc9f38f 100644
--- a/src/borg/archiver.py
+++ b/src/borg/archiver.py
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ class Archiver:
                     skip_inodes.add((st.st_ino, st.st_dev))
                 except OSError:
                     pass
+            logger.debug('Processing files ...')
             for path in args.paths:
                 if path == '-':  # stdin
                     path = 'stdin'